86 CEMENTS, LIMES, AND PLASTERS. 



In Table 29 the imports for the years 1900 to 1903 inclusive are 

 given, classified according to the countries from which the products 

 come. The amounts credited to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are 

 made up of crude gypsum. The imports from France and England, 

 on the other hand, are almost entirely of the higher grades of finished 

 plasters, as is shown by the high valuation per ton. 



Comparison of Tables 29 and 30 shows that almost two-thirds of 

 the entire gypsum production of Canada is sent into the United States 

 as crude gypsum. This heavy importation has exercised an important 

 influence in delaying the development of the New York and Virginia 

 gypsum deposits, which are located near enough to tidewater to suffer 

 from the competition. 



TABLE 29. 



IMPORTS OF CRUDE, GROUND, OR CALCINED (DUTIABLE) GYPSUM, BY COUNTRIES, IN 

 THE FISCAL YEARS ENDING JUNE 30, 1900, 1901, 1902, AND 1903. 





World's Production of Gypsum. 



The United States is the second country in the world in the produc- 

 tion of gypsum, France being the first. Canada is third, Great Britain 

 fourth, and Germany fifth. In the following table the production of 

 the various countries since 1893 is set forth: 



